Category: Past Speakers

Tommy Fulton is the Development Director for the Little Sisters of the Poor here in Mobile, Alabama. He has been a member of the Rotary Club of Mobile since 2015. He has spoken to this club several times on such topics as Volunteerism, Living the Stories of Your Life and The View of Life from an Uber Driver’s Perspective.
Tommy has served on many boards and civic committees throughout his life, including the Mobile and Alabama Jaycees, the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Mobile, YMCA’s of South Alabama, Home of Grace for Women and the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program, to name a few. He has also served as Governmental Affairs Chairman for the Mobile County Board of Realtors, the American Warehouseman’s Association and the International Warehouse Logistics Association.
None of this qualifies Tommy as an expert on climbing Mt. Everest, or winning an Olympic Gold Medal, so he chose instead to speak about “Diversity in Today’s World!” Makes sense, right? Please come listen to a politically incorrect discourse, but be sure to bring a sense of humor…we need that nowadays!

Annette George is the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Lead Systemic Investigator for the Birmingham District. Mrs. George Retired from the Air Force in 2007 after 22 and a half years of service. She has Bachelors degrees in Occupational Education and Criminal Justice. She also has a Masters degree in Administration of Criminal Justice. She is married to Robert George and together they have four children and nine grnadchildren.
She has worked for the EEOC since June of 2009, initially as an Investigator Support Assistant until she was promoted to the Investigator position in 2010. In her current position she investigates and supervises investigations regarding workplace discrimination on a nationwide scale. She provides training regarding workplace rights and discrimination laws to vulnerable populations in Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.

MICHAEL PIERCE
Michael E. Pierce is a 1991 graduate of Tulane University where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management. While at Tulane, he excelled as a student athlete becoming Tulane’s All Purpose Yardage Leader and Pre-Season Street & Smith All-American candidate in 1989 after having graduated from Murphy High School in Mobile Alabama as the All-Time Leading Rusher three years earlier. Pierce was invited to join the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles as a free agent in 1990. Unfortunately, a lingering knee injury caused his retirement before his NFL career could begin.
Michael is the former Executive Director of the MLK Avenue Redevelopment Corporation (MLKARC). His primary responsibility was to develop and implement a comprehensive community and economic redevelopment program in the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue community. Since 1993 MLKARC has invested HUD HOME Funds in excess of $14 million to construct 137 new affordable homes benefiting several hundred Low–Moderate Income Mobilians. MLKARC has also invested $3.4 million to develop commercial retail space on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue and Broad Street. The retail centers were developed to provide area residents convenient access to goods, services and employment opportunities. Renaissance Plaza on Broad Street was a catalyst for the development of a Dollar Tree Store on an adjacent parcel.
Pierce is also active in civic and community affairs. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Mobile Airport Authority and Infirmary Health System, Member of the Whitney New Markets Advisory Board, Former Co-Chair of Mayor Sandy Stimpson’s Transition Team, Past-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Commonwealth National Bank and the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce and Past-President of the Rotary Club of Mobile. He serves on the board of the Mobile Arts & Sports Association, was named Senior Bowl Game Captain for 2018-19 and is chairman of the Senior Bowl Hall of Fame Committee. He has also served on the board of the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce.
Pierce is married to wife, Daphne; they have two sons, Michael, Jr. and Myles, and two pets Simone and Aspen.